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South Siders Share Their Thoughts on the Red Line Extension Project
Residents discussed the plan to extend the Red Line to 130th, and weighed in on whether converting the Metra Electric line to rapid transit would be an adequate substitute.
February 14, 2018
Is $2 Billion Red Line Extension Best Way to Provide Transit in Far South Side?
The Chicago Transit Authority released a major study today, the next step in the developing project to extend the Red Line southward from the 95th Street terminal to 130th Street in the Altgeld Gardens neighborhood. The Environmental Impact Study is required by the federal government before the CTA can ask for funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
October 6, 2016
Transit Advocate: TOD Could Revitalize Area Around the 95th Red Line Stop
Last week at a town hall meeting hosted by the North Lawndale Community Coordinating Council, West Chesterfield resident and transit advocate Michael LaFargue discussed efforts to improve transportation access and encourage investment on the Far South Side.
August 2, 2016
Roseland Resilient in Face of Decades-Delayed Red Line Extension
The Chicago Transit Authority has been planning an extension of the Red Line from its current terminus at 95th Street for decades and I joined a tour group at the Congress for New Urbanism’s transportation summit last week to see the proposed station locations. Development Communities Project's board member Phyllis Palmer led the tour because the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning has provided DCP with a Local Technical Assistance grant to prepare the Greater Roseland communities for the extension.
November 26, 2013